Reports of missing people, damage in Kumamoto
In the town of Kosa, Kumamoto Prefecture, firefighters rescued a woman and two children from a car. Another person has been rescued after a landslide in the same town, but their condition is yet to be confirmed.
In Yatsushiro City, also in Kumamoto Prefecture, images taken at around 7 a.m. on Monday show that a road has caved in, and that two cars had become stuck in the earth and sand.
According to a man from the fire brigade who took the photos, all the people in the cars escaped on their own.
A video taken at a shopping street in Chuo Ward in Kumamoto City at around 3 a.m. shows people wading in water up to their knees.
Other parts of Kyushu are also being affected. The police and fire department in Fukutsu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, say they received a report that a man and a woman in their 60s were swept away in a river and are missing.
Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train services were suspended in both directions from the first train on Monday. According to JR Kyushu, all Kyushu Shinkansen services resumed shortly before 3 p.m.
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